COMPARATIVE RESEARCHE REGARDING METABOLIC PROFILE OF THE CALIFORNIAN, NEW ZEALAND WHITE, GRAND CHINCHILLA MEAT RABIT BREEDS AND THE F1 NZCH HYBRIDS

Abstract

Precious biological characteristics of rabbits make their breeding a very profitable
occupation. The rabbit meat, organoleptically same to the white meat, is rich in
proteins, but low in fats. Biological researched done in direction to elucidate the
biochemical systems that are the basis for organism physiological processes, have
revealed that the level in which this process are develop directly influence the
rabbits productivity capacity. 60 rabbit’s heads was used as biological material,
distributed in: 15 Californian, 15 New Zeeland White, 15 Grand Chinchilla and 15
F1NZCH hybrids obtained from cross-breeding the New Zeeland White as maternal
form and Grand Chinchilla as paternal form. Blood was sampled from the rabbit
and was biochemical analyzed. The studied indices were: total protein, albumin,
urea, uric acid, creatinine, total bilirubine, cholesterol, triglyceride and glucose.
The experimental lot formed from F1 NZCH hybrids registered a concentration of
2.1 mg/dl uric acid, and in the other three lots the concentration was under 2 mg/dl.
In all four lots, uric acid value was in normal limits. The determined creatinine
registered very low values, under 1 mg/dl, at the low limit of reference values. At
hybrids from New Zeeland White as maternal form and Grand Chinchilla as
paternal form, in equal environmental conditions, the serum biochemical analysis
haven’t registered significant differences compared to pure breeds individuals.